Why I wrote what I wrote.

Alright, so some people might be wondering why I wrote The Midlife Crisis story. Even if you aren't wondering I'm going to tell you anyway.

I have seen plenty of stories with the "X goes to Equestria via some mysterious... thing" and it bothers me that the author couldn't come up with a better explanation.

That was the biggest thing for me; could I write a story that involved an outside being going to Equestria and actually have it make sense.

In all honesty I am quite happy with how chapter one ended. I felt that I had accomplished my goal of writing in a plausible way for an outside character to make it to Equestria. So yay there. Then I took it another step forward; could I introduce said character into the world and have it be a believable situation. So far I feel that I am on track and the comments I have received have backed up that feeling.

Now a little bit about our protagonist. Don't worry, there are no spoilers.

Zircom was originally a character I made for an epic level DnD campaign. He was by far the most fun I have had during character creation. Even his roleplay value made me love him even more. It saddened me when we eventually finished the campaign and I was forced to retire him to the manila folder that is my character sheet holder. As luck would have it though, I now get to play with Zircom in a whole new way. I get to flush him out and really add depth to his personality and habits.

Also, fun fact about the openeing sequence in chapter four: all the names and places listed there were characters from various campaigns that I have played. Jorven was my half-dragon cleric/scout from the module City of the Spider Queen. Gimble was a friend's bard from Barrow of the Forgotten King, Tyke was a friend's barbarian also from City of the Spider Queen. Rye was a friend's character from a campaign called Tres Brujas. Malen was my dwarf fighter from Tres Brujas. And Waterdeep was the port city where we started in during the Vengeance Campaign.

Any questions, comments, concerns, or haiku poetry will happily be addressed.